In Wednesday’s game between the Milwaukee Brewers and San Diego Padres, Milwaukee reliever Luis Perdomo threw a pitch to San Diego’s Austin Nola.
And unlike Angel Hernandez’s call against Kyle Schwarber that sparked a viral reaction, this did not sway anything.
Still, what was Gibson looking at? Because, also unlike Hernandez’s called strike on Schwarber, This pitch was not on either the outside or inside corner, nor was it on the high or low end of the strike zone.
Shouldn’t a Major League umpire be able to get the call right despite that? An umpire being this badly hindered by a catcher popping up to throw to first is kind of like an outfielder who can’t catch fly balls when the lights are on.
Every time they do, the calls to go to robot umpires get louder while the calls for continuing to have human umpires get quieter.
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